this class without the proper attitude will be packing up his trailer after Saturday qualifying.  To tell you the truth though, I never even saw that rubber band.  I never thought I could be so far in the zone that the roaring of the engines and the adrenaline pumping through my vanes and all other feeling would just be totally drowned out.  All I was concentrating on was my line, finding clean water, and squeezing that throttle as hard as possible.  The pace didn’t even occur to me, I was at the point where my body and mind went into autopilot mode.  The experience was unreal, and finishing 4^th overall against the best riders in the world in the Pro 1200 Superstock class just made the whole weekend feel like a dream. 

But it really happened and I just thank God that everything went so perfectly, and that I have a team capable of producing such results.  That weekend is something I will remember for the rest of my life.

WC:  That’s flat out awesome.  Getting to that level of competition does require a total team effort.  And I noticed this year on the National Tour your team was a 1^st class act.  Which brings me to another topic, dreams.  Back when I was young, I dreamed of racing Nationally on the Moto-cross circuit with my father.  I never got to realize that dream, and soon afterwards my father passed away.  Today, I miss my father dearly, and I can appreciate the special relationship you have with your father, and you getting to share those memories with him.  Does your father’s involvement with your racing give you added enjoyment to your racing?